Executive Profile*

Fred L. Turner

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Background*

Mr. Fred L. Turner served as the Honorary Chairman of McDonald's Corporation until January 2013 and previously served as its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Turner joined McDonalds in 1956. He originally planned to be a McDonald's franchisee, but instead became one of the first employees of McDonald's Corporation in 1956. In 1958, he was named Operations Vice President, and in 1967, an Executive Vice President. He was elected President, Chief Administrative ... Officer and Chief Executive Officer in 1973. In January 1977, Mr. Turner became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and McDonald's founder, Ray A. Kroc, became Senior Chairman. Mr. Turner was elevated to Senior Chairman in March 1990 until his retirement in January 2004. He was inducted in the Chicago Junior Achievement's Business Hall of Fame in 1989. Mr. Turner was a Life Trustee of Ronald McDonald House Charities, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation. Mr. Turner served as a Director of Baxter International Inc., since 1982 and was Member of Corporate Governance Committee and Audit Committee. Mr. Turner served as a Director of McDonalds Corp. from 1968 to January 2004. In 1990, the editors of Advertising Age magazine named him "Ad Man of the Decade" for the 80's. He received the Horatio Alger Award in 1991. Mr. Turner received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Drake University in 1983. He received an honorary doctor of business administration in foodservice management from Johnson & Wales University in 1991. Mr. Turner passed away in January 2013.

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